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Here is a list of things which happened on the 7th of August over the years:

George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart. (1782)

The United States War Department is established. (1789)

IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I). (1944)

The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the “sheaves of wheat” design and is still in use. (1959)

Race riots occur in Lansing, Michigan. (1966)

California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during in an effort to free George Jackson from police custody. (1970)

French stuntman Philippe Petit walked a tightrope strung between the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center (1974)

United States President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal. (1978)

President George H.W. Bush ordered U.S. troops and warplanes to Saudi Arabia to guard the oil-rich desert kingdom against a possible invasion by Iraq. (1990)

The United States Embassy bombing in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya killing approximately 212 people. (1998)

Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore chose Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman as his running mate, making him the first Jewish candidate on a major party ticket. (2000)

Mazal Tov to nooseisko on the birth of a son!

Bli Neder I will post a DT if he is unable to tonight

Mazel Tov Mr. and Mrs. nooseisko! YW Moderator-72

I finished my 40 days straight at the Kotel.

I hope I can keep davening with the same kavana that I had on day 40 at the Kotel

Here is a list of things which happened on the 3rd of August over the years:

Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. (1492)

The Jews of Spain are expelled by the Catholic Monarchs. (1492)

Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded. (1900)

World War I: Germany declares war against France. (1914)

Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union. (1948)

The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap. (1958)

U.S. Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. (1972)

United States Senate hearing on MKULTRA. (1977)

U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President Ronald Reagan that they would be fired. (1981)

The Iran-Contra congressional hearings ended with none of the 29 witnesses tying President Ronald Reagan directly to the diversion of arms-sales profits to Nicaraguan rebels. (1987)

The Senate voted 96-3 to confirm Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court. (1993)

Stephen G. Breyer was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. (1994)

The Real IRA detonate a car bomb in Ealing, London, U.K injuring seven people. (2001)

The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks. (2004)

The Alshlich HaKadosh points out an interesting lesson about Chinuch from Krias Shema (and last weeks Parsha).

If a person wants Torah to be an integral part of their child’s life, they themselves will first need to be a Yid who learn Torah.

First it says ??????? ??????????? ???????? … ??? ???????? first it talks about it being in your own heart, only then can one successfully do the next step, ?????????????? ?????????, teaching our children.

Here is a list of things which happened on the 1st of August over the years:

Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile drive the Jews out of Spain. (1492)

Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit Venezuela. (1498)

First African slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia. (1619)

The element oxygen is discovered for the third (and last) time. (1774)

The first U.S. census was completed, showing a population of nearly 4 million people. (1790)

A new London Bridge opens. (1831)

Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state. (1876)

The United States buys the rights to the Panama Canal from France. (1902)

Germany declares war on Russia at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilises because of World War I (1914)

The first Jeep is produced. (1941)

Anne Frank makes the last entry in her diary. (1944)

Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland. (1944)

The United States and Canada form the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) (1957)

Charles Whitman kills 15 people at The University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police. (1966)

Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official People’s Republic of China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. (1966)

Israel annexes East Jerusalem. (1967)

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit to have it removed and his own removal from office. (2001)

President George W. Bush used a recess appointment to install John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations, bypassing the Senate after a testy standoff with Democrats. (2005)

The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour. (2007)

Start of the events leading to the 2008 K2 disaster. (2008)

Here is a list of things which happened on the 30th of July over the years:

Baghdad is founded. (762)

Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage. (1502)

Baltimore, Maryland is founded. (1729)

The Staten Island Ferry Westfield’s boiler explodes, killing over 85 people. (1871)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill creating a women’s auxiliary agency in the Navy known as Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, or WAVES. (1942)

World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. (1945)

A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto. (1956)

US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid. (1965)

Vietnam War: US President Richard M. Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyen Van Thieu and U.S. military commanders. (1969)

An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162. (1971)

Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the United States Supreme Court. (1974)

Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again. (1975)

In Mexico, the last ‘old style’ Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line. (2003)

Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was extradited to The Hague to face genocide charges after nearly 13 years on the run. (2008)

The Following is from the Gevuras Yitzchak on Bein HaMitzarim:

The Shulchan Aruch tells us that we refrain from making the bracha of Shehecheyanu during the 3 weeks. The Magen Avraham asks why this is so, we do not see that an avel can’t make a shehecheyanu. Therefore, we must say that it is the time period which is not conducive for the making of this bracha. However, on Shabbos one can make the bracha. Since the applied reason is the nature of this time period, why is it permitted on Shabbos?

The Gemarra in Gitten explains that the satan has no power in causing machlokes on Shabbos. The Maharal says that Shabbos is Sheleymus (may’ein olam haba), and machlokes is the opposite of sheleymus. We also see the Torah was given on Shabbos due to the Shleymus and achdus involved. Shabbos enabled Klal Yisroel to reach a level of Sheleymus and Achdus.

The Gemarra in Yuma explains that the 1st Beis HaMikdash was destroyed due to the “big three” (murder, idolatry and adultery) and the 2nd Mikdash was destroyed due to sinas chinam. From here we can see that sinas chinam is at least equal to the “big three”. Rabbeinu Yona says that sinas chinam leads to loshon hara and the Chofetz Chaim says, that despite the gemarra mentioning sinas chinam, the gemarra is really referring to loshon hara.

The Yerushalmi Yuma explains the events of Bais Sheini. Since the people at that time they loved money, they developed a jealousy towards one another, which gave birth to sinas chinam and machlokes in Klal Yisroel.

Now we can see why we have the aforementioned din in regards to Shehecheyanu. It has nothing to do with mourning. Since the jealousy of a new item can possibly lead to the sinas chinam and lashon hara which destroyed the beis hamikdash, we will refrain from acting in a way which could spark this jealousy. However, on Shabbos, which is itself Shelaymus and which enables Klal Yisroel to reach great levels of achdus, one need not be worried.

(I hope I said this clearly, I can restate things if unclear)

Here is a list of things which happened on the 25th of July over the years:

The Three Years War begins along the Maine and Massachusetts border. (1722)

Wolfgang Mozart completes his Symphony number 40 in g minor (K550). (1788)

At Aboukir in Egypt, Napoleon I of France defeats 10,000 Ottomans under Mustafa Pasha. (1799)

Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua. (1824)

Wyoming becomes a United States territory. (1868)

Telecommunications: the first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast takes place. (1920)

The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt. (1934)

Operation Crossroads: an atomic bomb is detonated underwater in the lagoon of Bikini atoll. (1946)

The U.S. non-incorporated colonial territory of Puerto Rico adopts a “constitution” of local-limited powers, approved by the United States Congress in contravention of then-current International Law. (1952)

The Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of 51 people. (1956)

In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO. (1961)

Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the “Vietnamization” of the war. (1969)

The first baby conceived by in-vitro fertilization was born in Oldham, England. (1978)

Another section of the Sinai peacefully returned by Israel to Egypt. (1979)

Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space. (1984)

Israel launches a massive attack against terrorist forces in Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability. (1993)

Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, which formally ends the state of war that has existed between the nations since 1948. (1994)

Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, F-BTSC, crashes just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and 4 on the ground. (2000)

Texas Gov. George W. Bush selected Dick Cheney to be his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket. (2000)

Harry Patch, the last surviving soldier to have served in the Trenches in World War I, dies aged 111. (2009)

California became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food. (2009)

ambush

Rule #1: If there is a car behind you making you feel uncomfortable, let them pass you.

Rule #2: NEVER LEAVE YOUR CAR

PY, you are wrong. WRONG WRONG WRONG

Bud Selig transferred ownership of the Brewers to his daughter when he became commissioner, in order to prevent any conflict of interest issues. In 2004 the team was sold to Mark L. Attanasio.

That is my sole objection to your post.

Here is a list of things which happened on the 20th of July over the years:

Colombia declared independence from Spain. (1810)

The Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in Richmond, Va. (1861)

British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada. (1871)

Ford Motor Company shipped its first car. (1903)

Air mail service begins between New York City and San Francisco. (1921)

Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson became the first woman to preside over the US House of Representatives. (1921)

In Washington, D.C., police fire tear gas on World War I veterans part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force who attempt to march to the White House. (1932)

Germany: Two-hundred Jewish merchants are arrested in Nuremberg and paraded through the streets. (1933)

Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen. (1935)

Denmark leaves the League of Nations. (1940)

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Hatch Act of 1939, limiting political activity by Federal government employees. (1940)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for an unprecedented fourth term at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (1944)

Adolf Hitler ym”s was only slightly wounded when a bomb planted by would-be assassins exploded at the German leader’s Rastenburg headquarters. (1944)

The US Congress approves the Bretton Woods Agreement. (1945)

World War II: The US Congress’s Pearl Harbor Committee says Franklin D. Roosevelt is completely blameless for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and calls for a unified command structure in the armed forces. (1946)

U.S. President Harry S. Truman issues a peacetime military draft in the United States amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union. (1948)

In New York City, twelve leaders of the Communist Party USA are indicted under the Smith Act including William Z. Foster and Gus Hall. (1948)

Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war. (1949)

Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs. (1950)

King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem. (1951)

Special Olympics founded. (1968)

Apollo Program: Apollo 11 successfully lands the first man on the Moon. (1969)

Palestianian terrorists hijack a Japan Airlines jet en route from Amsterdam to Japan and force it down in Dubai. (1973)

The Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars. (1976)

The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments. (1977)

The United Nations Security Council votes 14-0 that member states should not recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. (1980)

A federal appeals court set aside Oliver North’s Iran-Contra convictions. (1990)

In Spain, an ETA bomb at an airport kills 35 (1996)

The leaders of Salt Lake City’s bid to win the 2002 Winter Olympics are indicted by a federal grand jury for bribery, fraud, and racketeering. (2000)

President George W. Bush signed an executive order prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment, including humiliation or denigration of religious beliefs, in the detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects. (2007)

The following is a pshat from the Siach Yitzchak on a passuk in Ashrei

??????????? ???????? ???? ????????. ???????????????? ?????? ???? ????

What is the difference between ??????????? and ??????????????? Additionally, why is ?????????????? eternal (???? ????????) while ?????????????? is referred to as ?????? ???? ?????

The Gra says that ??????????? refers to “with ratzon” and ?????????????? is without ratzon.

We say in davening ???? ??’ ???????????. ???????? ?????????, in reference to Klal Yisroel, Hashem is Melech. And we see the connection to Melech and Ratzon in our ma’ariv tfillos (??????????? ???????? ???????? ????????).

By the other nations, Hashem is a Moshel, but after Moshiach comes, we refer to Hashem as ” ????????? ??’ ???????????:

??????? ?’ ???????? ??? ???? ???????. ??????? ?????? ??????? ?’ ????? ??????? ?????”

This is why we say ??????????? ???????? ???? ????????, when it is with ratzon, from Yisroel, it is everlasting. But ?????????????? how Hashem currently rules over the other nations ?????? ???? ???? it is only from every generation until Moshiach comes.

Here is a list of things which happened on the 18th of July over the years:

Great fire of Rome: a fire begins to burn in the merchant area of Rome and soon burns completely out of control. (64)

Britain introduced the concept of voting by secret ballot. (1872)

Adolf Hitler ym”s publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf. (1925)

The Democratic National Convention in Chicago nominated President Franklin D. Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term in office. (1940)

Russian satellite Zond 3 launched. (1965)

The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California (1968)

After a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, dies. (1969)

McDonald’s massacre in San Ysidro, California: in a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police. (1984)

Beverly Lynn Burns becomes first female Boeing 747 airline captain. (1984)

A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station’s helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter. (1986)

The Amia (Jewish Communal Center) bombings occurred in Buenos Aires killing 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injuring 300. (1994)

Here is a list of things which happened on the 17th of July over the years:

The Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault. The Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus flees from his capital into exile. (1203)

Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces. (1815)

Spain ceded Florida to the United States. (1821)

The Great Train Wreck of 1856 occurs in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania killing over 60 people. (1856)

The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German submarine U-55; 5 lives are lost. (1918)

After successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the Lithuanian research aircraft Lituanica crashes in Europe under mysterious circumstances. (1933)

Douglas Corrigan takes off to fly the “wrong way” to Ireland and becomes known as “Wrong Way” Corrigan. (1938)

Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320. (1944)

Southern Democrats opposed to the party’s position on civil rights met in Birmingham, Ala., to endorse South Carolina Gov. Strom Thurmond. (1948)

Disneyland opened in Anaheim, Calif. (1955)

Nuclear weapons testing: The “Small Boy” test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site. (1962)

A walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri collapses killing 114 people and injuring more than 200 caused by structural failure. (1981)

First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber (1989)

The Nasdaq Composite index closed above the 1,000 mark for the first time. (1995)

TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board. (1996)

Bashar Assad, son of Hafez Assad, became Syria’s 16th head of state. (2000)

Here is a list of things which happened on the 16th of July over the years:

The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. (1661)

The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after the signing of the Residence Act. (1790)

Dr. Emily Stowe becomes the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada. (1880)

The world’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1935)

Rafle du Vel’d’Hiv: the Vichy France government orders French police officers to round up 13,000-20,000 Jews and imprison them in the Winter Velodrome. (1942)

Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon at the Trinity site near Alamogordo, New Mexico. (1945)

United States Marine Major John Glenn flies a F8U Crusader supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds setting a new transcontinental speed record. (1957)

Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first manned space mission to land on the moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. (1969)

Watergate Scandal: Former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield informs the United States Senate that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations. (1973)

Iraqi President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein. (1979)

Ronald Reagan won the Republican presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Detroit. (1980)

My error, he was Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka in Bnei Brak

Thanks for pointing out my error.

R’ Yechezkel Abramsky zt”l from Ponovetz once said that the krum kupp was only created for shidduchim and being dan l’kaf zchus.

So nice to see many krum kupps on the street tonight.

The Gedolim are silent because they know their words won’t work with this crowd. These are people who have their own da’as torah. And apply their own psak when they see fit. The gedolim never organized any protest here (unlike the Shabbos parking lot) so any comment about this protest will be viewed by some as an approval of the protest initially. Additionally, requesting that one of the gedolim leave now (11pm) and go there go calm the crowd will only cause the expectation among the rioter to continue future rioting until told explicitly in person by a gadol not to.

In regard to the toeva parade a few years back, R’ Moshe Shternbuch personally told people in my yeshiva that one should go protest (he did as well), he knew people would take it too far, he was ashamed in advance that people would take it too far. But he said he would not turn his back on those who took it too far.

There are many people who, unfortunately need an outlet. After sporting events there are often riots. Studies have shown that the rioters often have no connection to the sporting event. The just want to riot. I have no doubt that many people tonight are more inspired to act against the police as a way of expressing their perceived mistreatment at the hands of the authorities over the Shabbos Parking lot issue than those who believe this mother is being unfairly treated.

Orange Chicken

Ingredients:

1 cup orange juice

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, or to taste

8 chicken thighs

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. In a small bowl, stir together the orange juice, soy sauce, onion soup mix and garlic powder; set aside. Rinse chicken, and pat dry. Place chicken thighs into a 9×13 inch glass baking dish. Pour the orange juice mixture over.

3. Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour and 30 minutes in the preheated oven, basting every half hour. If using boneless chicken, reduce cooking time to 1 hour.

Sorry, Obviously I use margarine. I just refer to it as butter since I use the butter flavored margarine.

In recipe #2, you stir the thyme, paprika, salt and pepper into the melted margarine, not into the flour.

As for the svara, I have no clue.

Honey Almond Chicken

INGREDIENTS

* 6 bone-in chicken parts

* 1/2 cup butter

* 1 large onion, chopped

* 1/4 cup honey

* 1/4 cup slivered almonds

* 1/4 cup lemon juice

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Arrange chicken parts in a baking dish.

2. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat, and cook onion 5 minutes, until tender. Stir in honey, almonds, and lemon juice, and continue cooking 2 minutes, or until heated through. Pour over the chicken, coating each piece.

3. Cover dish with aluminum foil. Bake chicken 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove foil, and continue baking 30 minutes, until chicken juices run clear.

Here is a list of things which happened on the 14th of July over the years:

Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France. (1223)

Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government.(1798)

Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner. (1881)

All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed. (1933)

The American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, sending back photographs of the red planet. (1965)

The United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation. (1969)

Jimmy Carter won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in New York City. (1976)

Major league baseball umpires voted to resign and not work the final month of the season. (1999)

The United States Government admits to the existence of “Area 51” (2003)

Russia withdraws from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. (2007)

Thanks mepal.

I saw the following in the Tallelai Oros on Tfilla (4th chelek) quoting a perush I had never heard of (also one I cannot pronounce)

Why in Nusach Ashkanaz, do we say ????? ????? after ?????, but in nusach sfard we say ?????? ??????, like we do in our silent Shmoneh Esrei?

In Nusach Ashkenaz we say

????????? ??? ??????? ????????. ??????? ????????????????? ???? ????????? ?????, we compare our prayer to the prayer of the malachim. We claim that we are mekadesh Hashem the same way the angels do.

But man’s time on this earth is limited while the angels last for all eternity, how can we make such a claim?

Therefore we immediately follow kedusha with ????? ????? ??????? ????????? ????????? ???????? ???????????? ??????????, generation after generation, for all eternity we praise Hashem. Now we can truly claim to praise Hashem in the same way the Malachim do.

In Nusach Sfard, However, we say ??????? ???? ??? ?????? ?????, we do not compare our praise of Hashem to the praise offered by the malachim, therefore we can say ?????? ?????? in Chazaras HaShatz just like we say it in our silent shmoneh esrei since we do not have the reason to switch to ????? ????? like those who daven Ashkanaz

Here is a list of things which happened on the 12th of July over the years:

Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a duel. (1804)

The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress. (1862)

A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States. (1973)

Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale named New York Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro his running mate, making her the first woman to run on a major party ticket (1984)

Russian President Boris Yeltsin resigned from the Communist Party. (1990)

Hezbollah guerrillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others in a cross-border raid; Israel sent ground troops into Lebanon in response (2006)

Parshas Pinchas

The following is a kli yakar

??? ?????, ???? ????? ?????, ?????, ????? ?????

Why do we do this by all the families. Why do we take a name and basically put a “?” in the front and a “?” at the end?

Until this incident, there was never any suspicion of znus on klal yisroel. Now there was (perhaps) a basis for the other nations to claim znus has previously occurred in Mitzrayim as well. Therefore the Yud and Hey was added here to the family name to show that they were all from unions where the shchina dwells.

(The classic dvar torah that you have the Yud of Ish and the Hey of Isha, to show that if there is Shalom Bayis, Hashem dwells amongst them).

We are now left with the question, however, why does the letter Hey preceed the letter Yud? We know that in Hashem’s name the yud preceeds the hey!

This is done to show that the women (who are represented in the Hey) were more devoted to tzinus then their male counterparts. Therefore when discussing the purity of these families, we start with the Hey, which represents the woman, who were more strict on tznius.